Plea in a sentence

A plea deal is a negotiated resolution of a criminal case between the person accused of a crime and the prosecution.

A father of two made an impassioned plea to be released from custody, saying that his being in lock-ups is "terrible".

Ben Brown, mitigating, said Croft was "relatively lightly-convicted” and deserved appropriate credit for his guilty plea.

A district court in Rajasthan had rejected his bail plea last month in connection with a double murder case.

A judge in that case previously rejected a plea proposal that would have allowed Davis to avoid jail time.

Back in June when the plea deal was announced, it was believed that would also reach a deal about his possession of a firearm.

But apparently, Fetty Wap is making a last minute plea for a judge to impose only the mandatory minimum.

A judge rejected a defence plea to continue Gaik’s bail ahead of sentencing for the offence next month.

An assistant state’s attorney told Atcherson that the victim in the case had agreed with the plea deal.

A PLEA has been made to ban sky lanterns and mass balloon releases from events on Scottish Borders Council-owned or managed land.

Both men will next appear at Southwark Crown Court on March 9 for a plea and case management hearing.

Assistant District Attorney Dale P. Trigg represented the People at Monday’s change of plea hearing.

A planned plea bargain to resolve tax-and-gun counts faced by the 53-year-old fell apart in July.

At a case management hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on Thursday one of the defendants entered a not guilty plea.

Accompanied by his wife, Fabiana, Ecclestone spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea.

According to his plea agreement, Kuchta made threats to murder a Member of the U.S. Congress.

In October, CBS 2 learned Andrew Freund is working on a plea deal, but he has yet to change his not guilty plea.

However, unlike a guilty plea, a defendant in a nolo contendere main plea may not be required to allocute the charges.

A single judge bench of Justice Amit R Borkar extended relief to Gandhi while hearing his plea seeking the quashing of the defamation case.

Bramel-Allen entered a formal plea of not guilty Friday in Snohomish County Superior Court.